* Fiskars in the Kitchen Winner *

What fun.  I loved hearing about all you fiskateers out there that love to cook, barbeque, or play in the kitchen.  Thanks to all for your comments.  I enjoyed reading.
I wanted to announce the random winner of a pair of nice Fiskars Kitchen Shears . . . Our winner is Tina V.  Tina, I will email […]

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Losing and Learning

I have had a heart to heart with many of you sharing about my weight and my desire to lose a lot of it.  After some surgeries, changes and inguries . . . it’s not as easy to drop it.  Well, while my intentions in the past were good but my efforts didn’t always follow.  […]

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My Scrap Space

  • posted by: Kelly Jo
  • posted in: My Life
  • on: March 8, 2010

I am a brave soul for sharing this.  Keep in mind that both Ben and I are under the weather so we didn’t get much sleep last night.  That will explain the showered yet haggard look.
A few items of note as You watch the video:

The squeaky door has been silenced.
The window seat cushion is still […]

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Fiskars in the Kitchen

I love that Fiskars products are a part of our life everywhere.  I love it!  In the garden, in the garage, in my art, and in my kitchen.  They help us with daily activities as well as therapeutic ones.  They help with the quality of life.
For Christmas, my husbands good friend who is a meat […]

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Winner and Thoughts

Dear fiskateers . . . first, I wanted to share that each of you that commented on the blog post . . . here . . . were brave.  It takes guts sometimes to share ’our stuff’, the tough stuff, our mistakes, the road we’ve traveled but it helps others, helps us heal, we see purpose in the pain, […]

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Spring Fever

The past few days, the temps have climbed into the 40s (woo-hoo).  We have even seen that glowing fireball in the sky for a few brief moments.  That’s all it takes for me to catch the Spring Fever Bug.  And one of its symptoms… Spring Cleaning!
I’ve cleaned and scrubbed and washed and organized almost every […]

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Keeping Busy

Welcome home Cupcake! 
That’s right, my sweet pink laptop (who I named Cupcake) made another trip to the computer hospital.  She’s home now feeling a little better and she is finally talking to my printer.  I don’t know who decided not to speak to who first, but someone finally decided to spit out a ton of […]

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I’m a Brave Girl Part II and Giveaway

Hello dear friends.  I want to start by sharing a favorite quote of mine and something that really rang true of Brave Girl Camp.
‘My Friend, if I could give you one thing, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you . . . then you would realize what a truly […]

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Scrap-A-Ganza!

This past weekend I traveled to Virginia Beach, Virginia to attend an awesome event… Scrap-A-Ganza!
This three day crop was hosted by two of Virginia’s finest local scrapbook stores; Scrapdoodles in Fredericksburg and Beach Scrapbooks in Virginia Beach.
This crop had 160 very busy and happy scrapbookers.  Not only were there participants from the lovely state of Virginia, […]

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I’m a Brave Girl ~ Part I

I’m a Brave Girl!  Hello dear fiskateers.  I’m so so excited to share with you about my experience at Brave Girl Camp.  It was an experience of a lifetime.  I am positive that I cannot completely express all the ways that Brave Girl Camp has touched my heart and my life.  Absolutely incredible!  Life changing!  […]

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